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Really great video that will help a lot of people Do you have any good tips regarding the shared holes when its from inside the frame and out. As a new stringer (maybe 15 rackets done so far) they can really give me trouble and i feel like the stringmover can be really hard to use for some of those holes.

if i get deperate i will use a pair of cutters and cut lengthways of the string for maybe 2cm so making if half or just more than half thick. Then pass through the hole and pull it through. It's tricky and sometimes the cut bit will snap but works if the hole is really quite tight.

Really great video that will help a lot of people Do you have any good tips regarding the shared holes when its from inside the frame and out. As a new stringer (maybe 15 rackets done so far) they can really give me trouble and i feel like the stringmover can be really hard to use for some of those holes.

it is slightly more tricky as the string mover might be in the way. if i to resort to stringmover i will have the stringmover under the racket face and then i have more space to work with above.

I've never used an awl. Just seems too dangerous and the 1% risk of damaging the string if you're careful is too much for me :P. I prefer to use the string mover right away as it has less risk of damaging the string.

If all fails, I use a combo of string mover + pliers. And if even that fails, I try to cut the coating of the string to reveal the micro filaments and push the micro filaments through the grommet and pull them from the other side of the frame.

But usually, my string mover is more than enough and unless I string at a lower tension, I'll just use it right away and save me some time and attempts.

as yan.v i've never used an awl while a string was already in the grommet.

normally i always use the string mover. i have too often the problem, that the string twist while i pull the string through the grommet. so i pull a little bit with the string mover and the string will not twist.

I've never used an awl. Just seems too dangerous and the 1% risk of damaging the string if you're careful is too much for me :P. I prefer to use the string mover right away as it has less risk of damaging the string.

Many prospective stringers read about the technicalities involved with different kinds of knots and think that might be the hardest part of stringing. But dealing with shared holes is definitely the hardest thing about stringing. I have no doubt that Kwun's video specifically on shared holes will be of great help to new stringers.

But like yan.v and I suspect many others, I almost never use an awl, but am very quick to use a string mover. As Kwun recommends, one should always try up/down and down/up approaches to find which route provides the easiest string path.

But sometimes, both paths react equally impenetrable. In those cases, I use a small flash light and look through the grommet hole to see exactly what route is most promising. When you do that, you get to see not only whether an upward or downward angle would be easier but also whether some other lateral angle adjustment of the string would help. You can also see exactly how the string mover should be applied for best effect.

Pushing a string through a tight grommet hole already occupied by another string is a three dimensional problem. Inspecting it closely, assuming you have good enough eye sight (use a magnifying glass if you don't), is my last resort to keep from being defeated by the hardest shared holes.

I rarely have a problem with shared grommets going outside in (unless i was careless and positioned the side supports in position to block that grommet) but i have sometimes spent upwards of 30 minutes trying to thread a shared grommet going from the inside out. It's almost always on a yonex racket, and usually the last shared from the top down, where main 11 goes up. I've taken to stringing top down just recently, preweaving the crosses the to the problem grommet before tensioning the last mains.

I rarely have a problem with shared grommets going outside in (unless i was careless and positioned the side supports in position to block that grommet) but i have sometimes spent upwards of 30 minutes trying to thread a shared grommet going from the inside out. It's almost always on a yonex racket, and usually the last shared from the top down, where main 11 goes up. I've taken to stringing top down just recently, preweaving the crosses the to the problem grommet before tensioning the last mains.

I still use the string mover in that case.

It was also a huge problem for me when I started stringing, but with time and experience I've been able to figure out how to do it easily with the string mover. Same technique really, just takes some practice.

I rarely have a problem with shared grommets going outside in (unless i was careless and positioned the side supports in position to block that grommet) but i have sometimes spent upwards of 30 minutes trying to thread a shared grommet going from the inside out. It's almost always on a yonex racket, and usually the last shared from the top down, where main 11 goes up. I've taken to stringing top down just recently, preweaving the crosses the to the problem grommet before tensioning the last mains.

Originally Posted by yan.v

I still use the string mover in that case.

It was also a huge problem for me when I started stringing, but with time and experience I've been able to figure out how to do it easily with the string mover. Same technique really, just takes some practice.

for the hole blocked by 11th main, i used to use the string mover, in fact, one of my older video showed how it was done:

what always irks me with it is that the string comes in at a really low angle, a lot of displacement is needed to straighten it and add to that it is a short string segment, i always fear that it will pop a string. esp for thinner strings under high tension.

as you see with my videos, i mostly use the awl for this hole and haven't had much problem with it. once in a while there are the more stubborn ones, and most of those are more to do with the quality or the condition of the grommet.

Nice video, I never though too much about the angle of attack before, although using the awl in the grommet scares me because I've seen my brother snap a string trying that before.

Recently I've been poking the shared holes with an awl before stringing to make sure they are fully opened up (both sides of the grommets) and my life has been a lot easier since then. I'm not sure if this is a good practice but it works well for me. What do you guys think about doing this?